thank you. >> narrator: b to ep i together, obama had to move quickly. >> and that calculation is we'll move for a quick kill-- that's how they refer to it, "a quick kill on capitol hill." >> it was thought that we... the senate was going to have a bill by june, we would have a bill by july. and we would go to conference and this would be over. >> narrator: the president was reminded that things have a way of slowing down in congress. >> going to take you live to a senate finance committee hearing looking at health care... >> the process, particularly in the financcommittee,ust felt like that race that was being run starting on january 20th all of a sudden hit some mud, and people's shoes got pretty soggy and pretty heavy. >> narrator: republicans sensed opportunity. mitch mcconnell was the senate minority leader. >> mcconnell was saying, "don't agree to anything. don't agree to anything. keep me informed, but keep talking." >> the republicans were very clever in what they did. they pretended they were interested in this. i call it the dance of the seven veils. i'm going to be there, an